Pardon My Past
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| Pardon My Past | |
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 1945 Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Leslie Fenton |
| Produced by | Leslie Fenton Fred MacMurray |
| Written by | Patterson McNutt (story) Harlan Ware (story) Earl Felton Karl Kamb |
| Starring | Fred MacMurray Marguerite Chapman Akim Tamiroff |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 25, 1945 (premiere) |
| Running time | 85-89 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Pardon My Past is a 1945 comedy film about a penniless ex-veteran who gets mistaken for a millionaire by the latter's family and an unpaid bookie.
A case of mistaken identity leads to comedy. Eddie (Fred MacMurray) and Chuck (William Demarest) are a pair of GIs who've just been sprung from the service and plan to open a mink ranch in Wisconsin. No sooner do they arrive than one Jim Arnold (Akim Tamiroff) mistakes Eddie for Francis Pemberton, a footloose playboy who owes Jim a very large gambling debt.
Hard as he tries, Eddie can't convince Jim that he isn't Pemberton -- and Jim's strong-arm men demand that Eddie pay up. Eddie goes to Pemberton's estate in hopes of clearing up the confusion, but he learns that the gambler has apparently fled to Mexico. Eddie meets Joan (Marguerite Chapman), a poor but pretty relative of the Pembertons who strikes his fancy, but several other members of the family also think that Eddie and Francis are the same person -- and they're none too fond of their absent relation.
[edit] Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
- Marguerite Chapman as Joan
- Akim Tamiroff as Jim Arnold, the bookie
- William Demarest as Chuck Gibson, Eddie's friend
- Rita Johnson as Mary Pemberton
- Harry Davenport as Grandpa Pemberton
- Douglass Dumbrille as Uncle Wills
- Karolyn Grimes as Stephanie Pemberton
- Dewey Robinson as Plainclothesman
- Hugh Prosser as Mr. Long
[edit] Notes
Fred MacMurray grew up in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and this film, the only one ever produced by him, is made reference to no fewer than eight times, or once every eleven minutes in the movie.
This film is not available on home video.
[edit] External links
- Pardon My Past at the TCM Movie Database
- Pardon My Past at the Internet Movie Database
- Pardon My Past at AllRovi
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